1. From the Visual Studio Report menu, select Save Layout.
2. In the Save As dialog that appears, set the file name and select the location where you want to save it. The file extension is *.rpx.
3. Click the Save button to save the report layout and close the dialog.

Note: When you save a layout that contains a dataset, ActiveReports saves the data adapter and data connection in the component tray, but not the dataset itself. When the saved layout is loaded into another report, you can regenerate the dataset with the data adapter and data connection.

1. From the Visual Studio Report menu, select Load Layout.
2. In the Open dialog that appears, navigate to the location of the .rpx file and select it.
3. Click the Open button to load the report layout.

Use the SaveLayout method to save your report layout at runtime.

Note: When you save a report layout, ActiveReports only saves the code in the script editor to the file. Any code behind the report in the .cs or .vb file is not saved to the RPX file.

1. Right-click the Windows Form and select View Code to see the code view for the Windows form.
2. Add the following code to the Form class to save the report.

The following example shows what the code for the method looks like.

To write the code in Visual Basic.NET

To write the code in C#

SectionReport1 rpt = new SectionReport1();
System.Xml.XmlTextWriter xtw = new System.Xml.XmlTextWriter(Application.StartupPath + "\\report.rpx", null);
rpt.SaveLayout(xtw);
xtw.Close();

Save report layouts before they run. If you save a layout after the report runs, you also save any dynamic changes made to properties or sections in the report. To avoid this when you call SaveLayout inside the report code, use the ReportStart event.

Note: The SaveLayout method uses utf-16 encoding when you save to a stream, and utf-8 encoding when you save to a file.

1. Right-click on the Windows Form and select View Code to see the code view for the Windows form.
2. Add the following code to the form class to load a report.

The following examples show what the code for the method looks like.

To write the code in Visual Basic.NET

Dim rpt As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport()
' For the code to work, this report.rpx must be stored in the bin\debug folder of your project.
Dim xtr As New System.Xml.XmlTextReader(Application.StartupPath + "\report.rpx")
rpt.LoadLayout(xtr)
xtr.Close()
Viewer1.Document = rpt.Document
rpt.Run()

To write the code in C#

GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport rpt = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport();
// For the code to work, this report.rpx must be stored in the bin\debug folder of your project.
System.Xml.XmlTextReader xtr = new System.Xml.XmlTextReader(Application.StartupPath + "\\Sample.rpx");
rpt.LoadLayout(xtr);
xtr.Close();
viewer1.Document = rpt.Document;
rpt.Run();